(1998-2002) Interim Director, Idaho Museum of Natural History
(1994-1998) Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, Idaho State University
(1989-2009) Curator of Anthropology and Division Head, Idaho Museum of Natural History
(1989-1994) Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, Idaho State University

Field Research

2006 Director, Idaho State University Archaeological Field School, Cougar Bar-Hells Canyon, Bancroft Springs, Snake River Rockshetlers, City of Rocks Excavations. Partnership with the Bureau of Reclamation, Idaho, National Park Service, and the Idaho Historical Society, SHPO. June-August.

1994 Director, Idaho State University Archaeological Field School , Little Malad Spring site near Malad, ID , the Sullivan sites near Dubois, ID , Beck Canyon site near Craters of the Moon, ID, and the Caribou City mining district near Soda Springs, ID. May-June.

1993 Director, Idaho State University Archaeological Field School, Indian Rocks State Park, McCammon, ID, and Dugout Spring, Spencer, ID. June-July.

1992 Director, Idaho State University Archaeological Field School, Indian Rocks State Park, McCammon, ID, and Bruneau River, Bruneau, ID. June-July.

1991 Director, Idaho State University Archaeological Field School for U.S. West, Boise, Snake River, Kuna, ID. September.

1989 Director, Idaho State University survey and testing of Aviator's Cave, Idaho National Engineering Laboratory, ID.

Selected Publications

Refereed Articles and Book Chapters

2007 "The Columbia Plateau-Snake River Region Cultural Sequence." In Projectile Point Sequences in Northwestern North America, edited by Roy Carlson and Marty Magne. Canadian Archaeological Association.

2005 Developing Archaeological Informatics: A Proposed Agenda for the Next FiveYears. with D. Sammons, C. Schou, A. Strickland, and R. Schlader. Paper to be published in Proceedings of the 2004 Computer Applications in Archaeology Conference, BAR International Series, N. Niccolucci (ed.).

1984 Archaeological Investigations at Site 45-OK-11, Chief Joseph Dam Reservoir, Washington . Report to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Office of Public Archaeology, University of Washington , Seattle . 350pp.

1984 Archaeological Investigations at Site 45-DO-326, Chief Joseph Dam Reservoir, Washington. Report to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Office of Public Archaeology, University of Washington, Seattle. 170pp.

1984 Archaeological Investigations at Sites 45-DO-242 and 45-DO-243, Chief Joseph Dam Reservoir, Washington. Report to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Office of Public Archaeology, University of Washington, Seattle . 221 pp.

1984 Archaeological Investigations at Site 45-DO-282, Chief Joseph Dam Reservoir, Washington . Report to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Office of Public Archaeology, University of Washington , Seattle . 142pp.

1984 Archaeological Investigations at Site 45-DO-21 1, Chief Joseph Dam Reservoir, Washington. Report to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Office of Public Archaeology, University of Washington , Seattle . 166pp.

1984 The Development of Housepit Settlements: An Interpretation of Cultural Change on the Columbia Plateau, with M.E.W. Jaehnig. The Thunderbird 4(9): 6-8.

1978 Rattler Run Site Report. In Preliminary Report of the 1978 Archaeological Excavations at Nawthis Village, Jesse D. Jennings ed., University of Utah Special Report, Salt Lake City, UT.

1977 The Falemoa Site and the Crooked Palm Site. In University of Utah Samoan Archaeological Program 1977, Jesse D. Jennings ed. Special Report of the University of Utah Museum of Natural History and Department of Anthropology, University of Utah.

1984 Archaeological Investigations at Site 45-DO-204, Chief Joseph Dam Reservoir, Washington . Report to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Office of Public Archaeology, University of Washington , Seattle . 166pp.